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At what age should your child start crawling?

My son is 6 1/2 months old, he can sit by himself, roll over and talks all the time. He hasn't started crawling yet... is that normal? He can hold himself up on his tummy and scoots here and there... I just want to make sure he is on track!

Of course you know every baby is different, and like rkoloms said, some babies never crawl, but average age is 6-9 months.

Answer by
Anonymous
at 1:10 PM on Dec. 16, 2009

My baby never crawled. He walked at 9 months. Maybe you kid will to.

Answer by
Anonymous
at 1:12 PM on Dec. 16, 2009

My pedi said that what they look for developmentally is the baby getting around somehow by 9 months, whether by rolling, scooting, army crawling, crawling, walking, however. My son didn't crawl until 11 months, but he wasn't rolling around until 8 months, but he's now 2.5 and running around like a normal toddler. My daughter was rolling around at 4 months and is now 8 months and still just army crawling; she also gets up on her hands and knees sometimes, but won't go anywhere like that. But she's getting around, which is all that matters. :)

As Dragon rider said, any mode of movement is good. My dd is just now rolling "well". at 8 months old. She doesn't like to be on her tummy at all! She'll get on her hands and knee's and rock a bit but doesn't go anywhere!